Mark Testa, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor, UNC School of Social Work · UNC at Chapel Hill
Sandra Reeves Spears and John B. Turner Distinguished Professor
Foster Care Adoption Services Poverty Research Children's Aid
Elissa Madden
Associate Professor · Baylor University
Research: child welfare, foster care, adoption (public & private), child & family mental health, service learning in social work education
Service Learning Adoption Research Child and Family Services Foster Care and Adoptions Child Welfare
Lawrence Palinkas
Albert G. and Frances Lomas Feldman Endowed Professorship in Social Policy and Health · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Dr. Palinkas is an expert in the areas of preventive medicine, cross-cultural medicine and health services research
Implementation Science Disaster Mental Health Systems Preventive Medicine Medical Anthropology Global Health
Sacha Klein
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Sacha Klein is an expert on child welfare, child maltreatment prevention, effects of early care and education on parenting.
Educational Services Child Maltreatment Public Policy Analysis and Advocacy Racial Disparities in the Child Welfare System Child Abuse Prevention
Bethany Berger, J.D.
Professor of Law · University of Connecticut
Professor of Law with a focus on federal Indian law and property law.
Legal History Property Law Tribal Law Litigation and Policy Federal Indian Law
Dorian Traube
Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Dr. Traube focuses on early child development, home visitation, and telehealth solutions for families with young children.
Parent Education Telehealth Children’s Mental Health Infant Mental Health Home Visitation
Dean Duncan, Ph.D., M.U.A.
Research Professor, UNC School of Social Work · UNC at Chapel Hill
Research Professor in the UNC-CH School of Social Work
Program Evaluation Management of Human Services Agencies Research Methods Community Collaboration The Achievement Gap
Lois Weithorn
Professor of Law, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: weithorn@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4660 / Office 366-200
Bioethics and the Law Criminal Law Family Law Mental Health Law Social Science and Law
Sherri Green, PhD, MSW, LCSW
Associate Professor Department of Maternal and Child Health, Research Fellow Sheps Center For Health Services Research · UNC-Chapel Hill
Professor in the Gillings School of Public Health, with interests in substance use disorders and chronic health conditions rural populations
Rural Health Care Access Opioids Maternal and child health Drug Addiction and Treatment Public Health Policy Research
Devon Brooks
Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Research and practice interests include reduction and treatment of child maltreatment, with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities.
Child Welfare Risk Assessment Research Methodology Children & Families Human Behavior
Leslie Ellis-Lang
Managing Director of Child and Youth Services · CARF International
Leslie Ellis-Lang, MSEd, LMFT, is a leader in services for children and youth with emphasis in both child welfare and behavioral health.
Child Behavioral Health Healthcare quality management Cultural Competency Family First Prevention Services Act Child Welfare
Rebecca Rebbe
Assistant Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
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Child Protective Services child welfare practice linked administrative data Child Abuse and Neglect
Terence Fitzgerald
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Associate Professor focused on policy, family and children, social inequality, and institutional racism.
Racism related to Public School & Higher Education Reproduction of Racism Male Gender Issues Social Development and Policy Social Work Education
Ferol Mennen
Associate Professor of Social Work Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Ferol Mennen focuses on child abuse, neglect, and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as children's mental health services
Mental Health Child Abuse and Neglect Social Work Social Work Education Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
John Prindle
Research Assistant Professor of Social Work with the Children's Data Network · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
John Prindle is an expert in statistics with applications to psychological studies.
Aging Research Data Mining Statistics Social Work Psychology
David Cross
Professor, Director of Rees-Jones and the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development · Texas Christian University
David Cross develops programs like TBRI to improve the lives of children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and/or trauma.
Systems Thinking Complex Developmental Trauma Research, Education and Outreach to Improve the Lives of Children who have Experienced Abuse, Neglect, and/or Trauma Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Attachment and Human Development
Casey Call
Assistant Director, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice · Texas Christian University
Dr. Casey Call is the Assistant Director at the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development
Therapeutic Family Activities Importance Of Strong Family Connections Family Dynamics Parents Becoming Teachers Talking To Children About Scary Topics
Jacquelyn Mc Croskey
John Milner Professor of Child Welfare Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Holds the John Milner Professorship in Child Welfare and serves as co-director of the Children’s Data Network
Social Services Data Analysis Community Services Foster Care Family and Child Services
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
Monica Perez Jolles
Assistant Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Focus areas: health policy, mental health service, implementation of complex interventions such as patient-centered and trauma informed care
Behavioral Patient-Centered Care Complex Health Interventions’ Implementation Science Organization/Workplace Patient-Centered Medical Home Care Implementation Science